Journal-box



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(N0 Model.)

Patented Ja'n. 2 3, 1894..l

JOURNAL BOX.

y .N o. 513,075.

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im, @i2 fz FREDERICK UNITED 'STATES PATENT CEEICE.

ef RoTsEoRD, OE OLEvELAND, OHIo,Ass1GN-OR or ONE-HALE rroERANK E. SHAW,OE DUNKIRK, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 513,075, dated January23, 1894. y

Appllcationtiled February 4,1893. Serial No. 461,059. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, FREDERICK G. `BOTS- FORD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to journal boxes having anti-friction rollerbearings, and consists in the new constructions and combinations ofparts substantially as hereinafter described and pointed outin theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings:-Figure l is a longitudinal section of ajournal box embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, withcap removed, showing the construction and arrangement of theantifriction rollers and their link connections.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the journal each provided withjournals and may have anti-friction ringsl c2 upon them.

D D are annular chains composed of links having elongated holes cl inwhich the journals of the rollers C are placed and which hold therollers at approximately equal distances apart, but which will alloweasement of the rollers in their revolutions around the journal B. l

The outer end of the box is closed with a cap E, and is provided on itsinside surface with a recess e in which is placed a convex faced block Fbearing against the end of the journal B. The block F has a stud fand inthe cap E is provided a set screw G by means of which the said block Fmay be adjusted to the journal.

, H is a hole in the cap E, covered by a suit.

able cover, designed for the introduction of oil into the journal box.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a journal-box the combination`with the rollers C. of chains each composed ofy slotted links D., thelinks being connected together by pivots independent of the journals ofthe rollers, and the journals of the rollers extending through the slotsin the links, substantially as described.

FREDERICK G. BOTSFORD.

I Witnesses: i

VERNON H. BURKE, GEO. W. TIBBI'rTs.

